§439-17  Beauty shops.  (a)  A license
for a beauty shop may be secured by filing an application and paying the
application and license fees and showing that the shop has been inspected not
more than one year before the application was filed and meets the standards of
sanitation required by the department of health, that a licensed beauty
operator in the appropriate licensure category shall be in charge of the shop,
and that it is adequately equipped for the practices in which it engages.



(b)  All licenses shall expire on December 31
in each odd- numbered year.  Licenses may be renewed by payment of a biennial
fee prior to the date of expiration.  A lapsed license may be restored upon
payment of all delinquent fees and a penalty fee.



(c)  Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit
licensed beauty operators within a beauty shop from teaching any of the
practices of cosmetology in which the beauty operator is licensed in the
regular course of business; provided that the owners or beauty operators do not
hold themselves out as a school, and do not hire or employ or teach, regularly,
at any one time, more than one apprentice unless there is one beauty operator
regularly employed in the business for each apprentice.



(d)  The beauty shop owner shall be responsible
for all operations of the shop and shall be responsible to see that only
currently licensed individuals, apprentices, or temporary permittees are
practicing in the shop.



(e)  Transfer of ownership, change in beauty
shop name, and relocation of a beauty shop shall require filing of an
application together with required fees.



(f)  The beauty shop shall maintain records of
appointments and services offered to clients, as prescribed by the rules of the
board, for a period of three years.



(g)  All beauty shops shall have equipment and
facilities as prescribed by the rules of the board. [L 1949, c 397, pt of §1;
RL 1955, §59-18; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §19; am L 1961, c 142, §2(f), (g); HRS
§439-17; am L 1980, c 15, §2; am L 1981, c 47, §3; am L 1983, c 210, §11; am L
1984, c 7, §§13, 14; am L 1986, c 139, §8; am L 1987, c 154, §17; am L 1989, c
153, §10; am L 1991, c 180, §4; am L 1992, c 202, §42; am L 1997, c 87, §11]